During his coaching days, retired Vikings coach Bud Grant, 92, could only have hoped to have an assistant as able as Pat Smith, his life and hunting partner. Hunting near Roseau, Minn., each took a big-bodied 8-point buck with single shots. Bud felled his at 120 yards, while Pat dead-eyed hers at 200 yards.
Harper Lien, 13, of Andover, shot her first buck while hunting near Wirt, Minn., on Sunday of opening weekend. Of the 16 hunters in camp, Harper was the only female. Her dad, Kris, reports that Harper made an excellent shot, felling her buck at 148 yards while triggering a .